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Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:28 am
by maxduck
Certainly appears that he is. Rumors from Louisville and Indiana although neither school get him closer to home.

http://www.cardchronicle.com/2010/6/23/ ... e-and-more

http://www.insidethehall.com/2010/06/23 ... t-indiana/

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:34 pm
by woundedknees
As weird as it sounds, considering Sallie will ostensibly graduate Memphis in August, it appears he was having difficulty qualifying academically, and did not visit.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:28 am
by greenyellow
Per Mops, he's headed to Louisville. Too bad as he could have really helped us this year.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:50 am
by maxduck
greenyellow wrote:Per Mops, he's headed to Louisville. Too bad as he could have really helped us this year.
Wasn't his reason for not returning to Memphis to be closer to his family in Sacramento, CA? Instead he moves even further away. Further proof that he might not have qualified academically with the Ducks? :?

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:07 am
by oregontrack
Louisville is a good school. I doubt he would fail to qualify here, but get into L'Ville.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:20 am
by buckmarkduck
Actually believe it or not, but that's exactly what mops said. He has some classes that UO wouldn't except.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:28 am
by oregontrack
What kind of junior college operation is Memphis running?

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:34 am
by buckmarkduck
The same kind that took Justin Thompson, when he couldn't get into UO or any other school out west.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:36 am
by greenyellow
Memphis is still not that great of an academic school so I could see why Oregon's admission board wouldn't allow him in. When all you are known for is basketball, it's pretty much certain that you aren't that strong of a academic school.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:21 pm
by duckgrad99
Louisville? I thought it was crucial that he play closer to home. The fact that he has gone from team to team and then does this makes things seem kind of fishy.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:31 pm
by woundedknees
Maybe Pitino took him to his favorite restaura... DOH!

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:46 pm
by oregontrack
Still seems strange. I've known Mops for 8 or 9 years now and I'm not questioning him, but rather the transfer process. Memphis may be a crummy school (tier 4, I believe?) but Louisville is not. L'Ville is on par with Oregon State. They aren't Cal-Berkeley, but they aren't clown colleges, either. I'd be really interested to know what Oregon rejected, but Louisville was okay with. Though I'm sure we'll never know for sure.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:59 pm
by woundedknees
Oregon has been known to reject certain on-line classes in the past... That was one of the main bones of contention in the qualification (Or rather, the lack thereof) of at least one of the 5* DT recruits the Ducks signed over the last few seasons.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:13 pm
by oregontrack
Oregon has always been archaic when it comes to online courses. The one thing Oregon State runs circles around the UO at.

Re: Ruburt Sallie still looking?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:13 pm
by uostudent
Really stinks about Sallie. He would have been a great pickup.
oregontrack wrote:Louisville is a good school. I doubt he would fail to qualify here, but get into L'Ville.
Actually, Louisville is a pretty mediocre school. They just brought in former Michigan football recruit Demar Dorsey who had a 1.9 GPA, who had previously been denied admission due to academics and his prior criminal record.